Fran, I moved to Canada, Nova Scotia, to be exact. Barely got here then all this mess started. Haven’t even set foot in a fabric store, although some friends recommend a couple… but I want to see. And walk on a beach. Here they are rocky, but beautiful. I’m on the Bay of Fundy side and can’t believe how pretty it is here. I don’t know what is here in the way of reenactment, but decided that I was going to try to embrace slow fashion and try to make more of my clothes rather than purchase. Although I find myself spending much time in sweats and T-shirts since we rarely go any further than the back yard. I hope we can go out exploring a bit this summer. -Megan
> On May 7, 2020, at 3:43 AM, Lavolta Press <[email protected]> wrote: > > Groceries are a bit frustrating. We've tried for cucumbers three times > recently and not gotten them. I haven't heard there is a cucumber shortage. > I am sure there will be cucumbers next week, but this week we have to make > salads without them. Things like that. > > The Sacramento area is not great for fabric shops. I went to them all soon > after we moved. There are two Jo-Ann's, selling the usual. A small quilting > store, good for small cotton prints of quilting weight. A cheesy discount > store, mostly shiny polyester home-dec. And a glitzy, but not high quality, > store that sells fancy fabrics. Think polyester bridal wear with big plastic > sequins. > > I already have a huge fabric stash. Since we moved I have kept telling myself > I will use the stash exclusively and not buy any more fabric online. Now I'm > trying to really buckle down to doing that. > > There are a number of things I am glad I kept when we moved. Like the > three-baguette pan with holes in the bottom to let steam into the bread, > which my husband urged me to discard. (The steam is provided by a pan of > boiling water on the lower shelf of the oven.) I always wanted to learn to > make baguettes and didn't for years after I bought the pan. It's hard to buy > good, fresh baguettes right now, so I tried two recipes. It turns out that > baguettes are easy to make and they taste great! I can put seeds on top, I > can have whole wheat baguettes! I should have tried making them years ago, > but I am glad I at least kept the pan till I got around to it. > > I have downloaded several patterns from fabrics-store.com > <http://fabrics-store.com/> but have not tried them. They often put > significant, extra photos and instructional material for the patterns on > their blog, The Thread. If you want the full details on a pattern, search the > blog. > > You might like Tessuti patterns: > https://www.tessuti-shop.com/collections/pattern-books > <https://www.tessuti-shop.com/collections/pattern-books>. These are similar > in mood to the fabrics-store patterns. Tessuti is in Australia, but they sell > all their patterns in PDF as well as print format. And they produce PDFs > suitable for American printer paper. There are several free patterns if you > want to try them. > > I am struggling with getting a historic look into my modern clothes as much > as possible. You can wear anything here because no one cares about fashion. > There is no reenactment except one group further out in the suburbs. Not my > usual time span but I considered them. Then I met a woman who had recently > joined the group and she made it sound so toxic I thanked her for the warning. > > Where did you move to? > > Fran > > Lavolta Press > > www.lavoltapress.com <http://www.lavoltapress.com/> > > > > On 5/6/2020 5:00 AM, Megan McHugh wrote: >> Well said, Fran. I think my biggest adjustment (other than that I retired >> from my main job in January and moved, which was pretty big) has been that I >> cannot simply run out and get something if I need it. So I’ve had to learn >> to plan grocery trips/deliveries for the first time in many years. And I >> really want to be able to go to a fabric shop. Since I also moved in >> January, I downsized a bunch of stuff never dreaming I wouldn’t be able to >> run out and get more if I needed it… Oh well. And I do not know which shops >> in my new area stock what I want. >> I always said I’d work from stash when I retired… it is time to do so now. >> Especially since a lot of the travel I had planned in the next year or so >> probably will not happen. >> >> I know it is not historical, but I picked up a new pattern from >> www.Fabric-stores.com <http://www.fabric-stores.com/> >> <http://www.fabric-stores.com/ <http://www.fabric-stores.com/>> recently. >> Have any of you worked with any of their patterns? I have a length of >> cotton that will become one of these tunics in the not to distant future... >> -Megan >> > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > <https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume> _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
